The Sotheby’s auction house confirmed that the 1982 original model prepared by the specialist in special effects Italian Carlo Rambaldi will be auctioned at the end of this month.
The original movie doll “ET, the extraterrestrial” by Steven Spielberg Used in the movie will be auctioned. The Sotheby’s auction house has confirmed that the original 1982 model prepared by the Italian specialist specialist Carlo Rambaldi It will be auctioned at the end of this month, along with a collection of your personal works and collections of other iconic films.
The original ET model, used on the big screen on the classic of Steven Spielbergit was designed and developed the previous year and measures just over a meter. Its most famous use was in the endearing scene of the closet, where the extraterrestrial tries to camouflage among several stuffed animals.
The ET model is expected reach a price of between $ 600,000 and $ 900,000; The auction will be public on March 29 and will close on April 3. It will be part of the There Such Things collection: 20th Century Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy On Screen.
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Other designs and prostheses of Rambaldi are also included in the collection, as sketches never seen before ET, two sand worms models used on the screen of Dune of David Lynch (It is estimated that they will be auctioned for $ 15-20,000), an animatronic baby dinosaur from the 1993 Japanese film Rex: A Dinosaur’s Story and other elements of Blade Runner, Total Recall, Jurassic Park, Labyrinth And more.
The success of ET the extraterrestrial
Although ET premiered more than 40 years ago, it is still one of Spielberg’s biggest successes and films, along with films such as Shark, Jurassic Park and rescuing soldier Ryan. He won four Oscar awards and became the highest grossing film of all time, a record that he held until Jurassic Park surpassed it in 1993, raising almost 800 million dollars worldwide.
This emotional film won four Oscar awards in 1982, including those of best visual effects and original soundtrack. It was a resounding success, raising more than 359 million dollars at the box office in the United States at that time, according to Box Office Mojo.
Source: Ambito
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